Francisco João Moniz
d. c. 1848
politician · civil servant · diplomat
Member of the Moniz family and Junta da Fazenda official, elected deputy for Madeira to the Constituent Cortes of 1821–1822. He fled Miguelist persecution in 1828 to Brazil, served as Portuguese vice-consul in Rio de Janeiro and died around 1848; he was the father of Patrício Moniz.
1Mentioned in
- Representation in the Cortes — Deputy for Madeira in the Constituent Cortes of 1821.
- Castelo Branco Manuel (Maurício José de) — Fellow deputy for Madeira in the Constituent Cortes of 1821–22.
- Constitution of 1821 (The) — Deputy for Madeira to the Constituent Cortes of 1821–22.
- Moniz (Dr Patrício) — Father of Patrício Moniz and a Junta da Fazenda official; he was deputy for Madeira to the Cortes of 1821–22 and went into exile in 1828.
2Chronology
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The Portuguese Constituent Cortes sat in Lisbon, with Francisco João Moniz, João José de Freitas Aragão and others as deputies for Madeira.
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General elections under the new Constitution, held by direct vote, chose Madeira's deputies to the Cortes, among them Freitas Branco, with Macedo and Luiz António Jardim as substitutes.
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Fleeing Miguelist persecution, liberals such as the Moniz family, Caetano Alberto Soares and António Gil Gomes left for Brazil, while Bettencourt went to England.
